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Britsoft publisher Eidos is to be absorbed as part of a brand new European arm for new owners Square Enix – costing both British and European jobs in the process. Current Eidos chief executive Phil Rogers will be heading up (the provisionally titled) Square Enix Europe, with John Yamamoto leading …

Playora founder and Evolve speaker on standing out from the casual crowd

Special offer for Develop readers in advance of August conference in Germany

ELSPA has issued a statement in response to the letter published by the DCMS today looking back at the games-relevant parts of the Digital Britain report. In the statement, ELSPA director general Michael Rawlinson says that the industry must now make sure it maintains and nurtures its connection with the …

Cultural subsidy would help UK games industry, says CEO Richard Wilson

Early bird deadline ends today for computer graphics conference

Launch of new distance learning computer games courses

The Government has heralded a new future for UK video games classification – with PEGI becoming the sole age ratings model in the region. The news came as part of Labour’s Digital Britain report this afternoon, amd upheld the hopes of UK publishers who wished for the Pan-European PEGI ratings …

The Conservative Party’s Shadow Arts and Culture Minister has told MCV that he would be keen to set up a games industry equivalent of the UK Film Council should the party win power. Ed Vaizey also spoke of his desire to negotiate tax breaks for UK developers – but stopped …

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